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rkomar · 01-07-2022, 01:06 PM

Heh! I remember in the 1980's a joke going around that the word "automobile" was an abomination because it was a mixture of Greek "auto" with Latin "mobile". The more consistent versions would be "autokineticon" or "ipsomobile". Fix the dictionaries!

01-07-2022, 01:06 PM	#95
rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,058 Karma: 18821071 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	Heh! I remember in the 1980's a joke going around that the word "automobile" was an abomination because it was a mixture of Greek "auto" with Latin "mobile". The more consistent versions would be "autokineticon" or "ipsomobile". Fix the dictionaries!